1. IV. 1918

To Comrade T. I. Popov,
Manager of the Moscow Branch of the State Bank

I ask you to take note that the safekeeping of the gold reserve lies entirely upon your responsibility and all communications regarding these matters must be conducted by you directly with me or with Comrade Gukovsky², and any communication of information to other institutions and persons is absolutely forbidden.

Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars V. Ulyanov (Lenin)